Automata and Languages

Automata and Languages presents a step-by-step development of the theory of automata, languages and computation. Intended to be used as the basis of an introductory course to this theory at both junior and senior levels, the text is organized in such a way as to allow the design of various courses based on selected material. Areas featured in the book include:- *basic models of computation *formal languages and their properties *computability, decidability and complexity *a discussion of the mod